The Coin Bond Group Mine is a gold mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.9625, -115.97440
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Coin Bond Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coin Bond Group Mine
Secondary: Carroll - Driscoll Groups
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boise
District: Boise Basin District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Penn Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $5-$15/TON AU
Analytical Data: $2-$3/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): $63,000 AU PRODUCED FROM SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Development): 34 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF PERMANENTLY ABANDONED OLDER WORKINGS ; 2 TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C P. 312
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L.JR., 1916, LODE MINING IN THE QUARTZBURG AND GRIMES PASS PORPHYRY BELT, BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 640, P. 83-111.
Reference (Deposit): 1916 GEOLMAP JONES, E.L.JR., BULL. 640
Reference (Deposit): 1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L. 1947, USGS BULL 944 - C, P. 312.
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